...and here's the color version of the pic previously posted here in monochrome
I love the fact they call it 'frozen custard'. To us Brits that's some kind of an anomaly, the idea of that thick lumpy yellow stuff we had on every school dinner being transformed into something altogether much more palatable and appealing, is quite a revelation!
This photo was taken on June 28, 2006 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, US.
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marky1969, John Warrander, Frau Haselmayer, xsquared, and 21 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Space Ritual (72 months ago | reply)
cool shot
you should post it to the coca-cola group
A-Wop-Bop-A-Loo-Bop! (72 months ago | reply)
Thanks Space Ritual - I shall take your good advice!
P Doodle (72 months ago | reply)
Good to see you are still about.
Is this Asbury Park, by any chance? I was a soldier stationed at Fort Monmouth in the early 70’s and spent a fair bit of time staggering along the Asbury Board Walk.
Those are vivid memories, even when not entirely pleasant.
Gary M (72 months ago | reply)
Looks like Seaside Heights NJ. I have played quite a few skill cranes in Lucky Leos :)
A-Wop-Bop-A-Loo-Bop! (72 months ago | reply)
Thanks Doodle - nice to be back - if you follow my link to the monochrome version all will be revealed. As GaryM concurs it is in fact down the coast a few miles at Seaside Heights.
As we took the air there recently, I was told by my wife and her friends (and contemporaries of the period) that the place was not what it was with regard to the teeming crowds of yesteryear. Whilst this maybe true, today's teenagers and extended families still seemed to be enjoying similar kinds of fun some 25/30 years on.
Gary- skill cranes - what is this ancient art?
Gary M (72 months ago | reply)
The skill cranes are the games that you have to manuever the steel claw over your prize and try to pick it up without dropping it. They are usually jammed packed with stuffed animals. Seaside Heights appears to be the "skill crane " capital of NJ. I usually dont run into as many of these machines further down the coast as you do on this stretch of boardwalk. ;)
A-Wop-Bop-A-Loo-Bop! (72 months ago | reply)
Fascinating stuff Gary. One thing that always amuses me about the boardwalk at Seaside is the stalls that carry guitars and other musical equipment as prizes. I've seen people walking with around with 'won' teddy bears, but never a spakling new Fender, Gretsch or Gibson - do you think I'm onto something here??
wmliu (72 months ago | reply)
a summer's dream on the jersey shore...
Seite-3 (72 months ago | reply)
nice scenary you captured, quite colorful, great eye
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NW Chik (72 months ago | reply)
Looks like a fun place to wander around in, get a taste of frozen custard (I hear it's quite thicker than ice cream, but still very delicious). :) #2 (from the IWANT5! group)
pedrosimoes7 (72 months ago | reply)
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The impact of the B/W version is bigger due the simple enunciation of the lines. In my opinion the color version would work better with more contrast and saturation. As it is the colors are too faded.
Triborough (72 months ago | reply)
Now I want ice cream! (1-2-3 NJ)
·júbilo·haku· (72 months ago | reply)
same as above.. colors are too faded
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Gene O'Neill (72 months ago | reply)
Great shot.
charliebay (72 months ago | reply)
very nice. love the nostalgic feel and faded colors.
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jaime.silva (72 months ago | reply)
as others said: colors are too faded... and not "my cup of tea"
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Nesster (72 months ago | reply)
Ah but that custard... I like the faded colors, it's very realistic to the Shore in the morning... 123nj
jayKayEss (72 months ago | reply)
"frozen custard" is usually ice cream with egg in the recipe.
Nesster (72 months ago | reply)
The King Kustard trucks seem to have disappeared from NYC, which is a great pity.
snowdog! (72 months ago | reply)
Ah... Seaside. You know, it's funny. We live, maybe 40 minutes from here (or 6 hours, depending on traffic) and NEVER ever go. The crowds. The noise. Blah blah blah. Yet, every time I'm there, I DO NOT want to leave. Why do we deny ourselves the things we love? I like the carnival barkers. I LIKE the way that the smell of candied everything mixes with the salt air.
That's it. Before the summer is out, we are taking our little girl to the boardwalk. Thanks for reminding me. I'll have a chocolate/vanilla twist in your honor...
unflux (71 months ago | reply)
looks like a very old photo of times long past.
Tod Polson (71 months ago | reply)
great light and color... nice shot of yesteryear...
jena ardell (68 months ago | reply)
i know exactly where this is, hehe!! nice post treatment... love the coloration. :)
A-Wop-Bop-A-Loo-Bop! (67 months ago | reply)
Thanks for your reminiscence Snow, hope you enjoyed the Choc/vanilla twist - I know I will next time I visit.
Not being a native, I was amazed that some relations of my Wife (New Yorkers) should be so mesmerized by the place on a visit they had whilst we were there. They subscribed to the 'couldn't leave' pull the place seems to have. I wondered why the place has such magnetism when surely there's Coney Island much closer? But what do I know, I've not been to the NY attraction?
Thanks everyone for the recent comments.
Jillian Anne Photography (66 months ago | reply)
mmm frozen custard....
Very nice colors, and it kind of has a summer is over feel to it.
By the way...
I live in New Jersey, and I am originally from New York..
I prefer Seaside over Coney ( Coney Island is very run down, polluted, and the crowd is not my favorite), but prefer Long Beach Island over both.
Once again, love the photograph. =]
Gabriela Ferrer. (42 months ago | reply)
I like this place